Almost 7000 Small-Scale Farmer Producers to Benefit in Six StatesRural Communities among Biggest Beneficiaries WASHINGTON, August 30, 2012 – The World Bank (WB) Board of Directors approved a US$11.7...

In South Africa, a full-fledged crisis is underway: This year alone, poachers are going to shoot some 600 rhinoceroses and saw off their horns. Through organized criminal networks, they will smuggle the...

In 1995, Indonesia put in place a voluntary, public disclosure scheme that encouraged firms to self-report their contributions to local water pollution. The government checked and assigned a color-coded...

Overview Between September 2002 and December 2010, the World Bank’s Rio Grande do Norte Rural Poverty Reduction Project delivered socio-economic investments in water supply, electricity, agro-processing...

The paving of provincial route No. 3 in the northern province of Chaco seeks to set an example of how to plan and design an infrastructure project putting particular emphasis on respecting the environment....

Even in the remotest places in Latin America it isn't surprising to come across a local typing furiously on their top-of-the-range mobile. Farmers, businessmen, doctors or shopkeepers are connected by...

Designing a successful REDD+ strategy is complex, in part because it deals with the intricacies of changing economic incentives and human behaviors toward forests – and toward land in general. That’s where...

WASHINGTON DC, July 3, 2012 — New data showing a two-billion cubic meter increase in flared gas in 2011 over the previous year is a warning that efforts to reduce flaring need to be sustained and even...

IntroductionWelcome everyone. I am delighted to be at this wonderful venue.As we prepare to “swing into action” here tonight, I want first to acknowledge the symbolic importance of this event here at the...

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2012 – A software application developed in Argentina that teaches about energy consumption, climate change and the actions needed to reduce carbon emissions took first place in the...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 21, 2012 —The World Bank Group announced today that it will boost efforts to expand energy access, while also increasing support for renewable energy and energy efficiency...

Gathered in the city of Rio de Janeiro, 300 parliamentarians from 85 countries made a commitment to help their governments pursue the objectives of Rio+20 and Rio-92 conferences, and use legislation to...

The world's six largest multilateral development banks issued the following statement on June 19, 2012, about their commitment to the Rio+20 agenda for sustainable development and inclusive green growth....

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 19, 2012 -- Multilateral development banks are a powerful force for delivering on the needed shift to green growth, the World Bank’s Vice President for Sustainable Development Rachel...